I figured £500 - £600, for that price it should really include a case, especially as it's not a standard shape - The Jeff Waters' V has a gig bag, and that's £379.
I actually prefer the black on black prototype.

And thats exactly why I WONT be starting a tribute band. Some of their stuff is waaaaaay to complex for my feeble little brain.

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Yup. Geez, if I count all the influences I pick up on, I hear everything from early Yes (minus the heavy keys) and Genesis to Southern Rock to Thrash, to Blues. It's all there and they have an incredible ability to shift time sigs at the drop of a downbeat.

They're a beast of a band. And Crack the Sky is (imo) an...incredible 'once every 20 years' kind of album. I put it up there with LZ IV, Dark Side of the Moon, Master of Puppets,..it's one of those kinds of albums. Just...revolutionary in a way.

It took me almost a year of listening to it just to firmly grasp and understand what I was hearing. It's amazing.

I like some of their other stuff,.but that one album is pure genius and musicianship.

I'll second what Mal said. It's a phenomenal album. Oblivion hooked me, but The Czar is a true masterpiece. It's the kind of song that, when its over, you feel like you've gone on an aural journey. I'll let the song speak for itself...

it starts with a banjo, goes into a heavy country scale thing over chunky chords, the verse is really heavy, the chorus is a cool weird Thin Lizzy style harmony guitar riff...and it all works,..it goes together and makes sense. The time changes, feel changes, the weird drop into the bridge (which is weird and out of nowhere,..when suddenly? Surf Guitar Riff! Guitar Solo!)

They're a beast of a band. And Crack the Sky is (imo) an...incredible 'once every 20 years' kind of album. I put it up there with LZ IV, Dark Side of the Moon, Master of Puppets,..it's one of those kinds of albums. Just...revolutionary in a way.

It took me almost a year of listening to it just to firmly grasp and understand what I was hearing. It's amazing.

I like some of their other stuff,.but that one album is pure genius and musicianship.

very rare.

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I have a "friend" that tripped on a lot of mushrooms while watching the movie that goes along with the album. The solo during Divinations, Czar, and all of the Last Baron is insanely good.